The Late-Victorian Marriage Question: A Collection of Key New Woman Texts, in 5 Volumes: Vol. 1: Marriage and Motherhood; Vol. 2: The New Woman and Female Independence; Vol. 3: New Woman Fiction (1): Marriage, Motherhood and Work; Vol. 4: New Woman Fiction (2): Gender and Sexuality; Vol. 5: Literary Degenerates
London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1999. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Jacket. Item #2314020
ISBN: 0415179432
No jackets. Smudge along bottom edge of front board of volume 5.
Five volume set, providing an interesting mix of nineteenth century accounts and modern scholarship. "This anthology contextualizes key feminist texts and ideas by linking them with the transformation of public opinion brought about by the late Victorian debate on marriage, motherhood and women's right to an independent life. Included are Mona Caird's controversial The Morality of Marriage; debates between feminists, traditionalists and anti-feminists on marriage, divorce and the New Woman, and selected reading from New Woman fiction, both feminist and anti-feminist, which reproduces the media debate on morality in literature."
Price: $750.00